Owen Wilson

Owen Wilson
Wilson at the Cannes Film Festival premiere for Midnight in Paris (2011)
Born
Owen Cunningham Wilson[1]

(1968-11-18) November 18, 1968 (age 55)[2]
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actor
  • producer
  • screenwriter
Years active1994–present
Children3
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AwardsFull list

Owen Cunningham Wilson (born November 18, 1968)[3] is an American actor. He has frequently worked with filmmaker Wes Anderson, with whom he has shared writing and acting credits on the films Bottle Rocket (1996), Rushmore (1998), and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)—the latter received a nomination for the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay. He has also appeared in Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and The French Dispatch (2021). Wilson also starred in the Woody Allen romantic comedy Midnight in Paris (2011) as unsatisfied screenwriter Gil Pender, a role which received a Golden Globe Award nomination. In 2014, he appeared in Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice and Peter Bogdanovich's She's Funny That Way.

Wilson is also known as part of the Frat Pack since the 1990s, with whom he has starred in comedic films Shanghai Noon (2000), Zoolander (2001), Starsky & Hutch (2004), Wedding Crashers (2005), You, Me and Dupree (2006), How Do You Know (2010), The Big Year (2011), and The Internship (2013). He is also known for the family films Marley and Me (2008), and the Night at the Museum film series (2006–2014). He voices Lightning McQueen in the Cars media franchise (2006–present), and voiced the titular character in Marmaduke (2010) and Reggie in Free Birds (2013). He stars as Mobius M. Mobius in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Loki (2021–present) on Disney+.[4]

Wilson's accolades include an Oscar and BAFTA nomination for Best Original Screenplay (for The Royal Tenenbaums), a Golden Globe and two SAG acting nominations (for Midnight in Paris and The Grand Budapest Hotel) and an Independent Spirit Award (for Inherent Vice).

  1. ^ Pulliam, June Michele; Fonseca, Anthony J. (September 26, 2016). Ghosts in Popular Culture and Legend. Abc-Clio. ISBN 9781440834912.
  2. ^ "Monitor". Entertainment Weekly. No. 1181. November 18, 2011. p. 34.
  3. ^ "Today in history: November 18". NBC News. November 18, 2006. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
  4. ^ "'Loki' Season 2 Gets Premiere Date On Disney+". Deadline.